In the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 was rekindled, with Chelsea sitting at Stamford Bridge Stadium against Team A champion Lille. Chelsea has not performed very well in the Premier League this season, and is now 13 points behind Manchester City and 7 points behind Liverpool, basically withdrawing from the title race, but in the last two rounds, Chelsea has also achieved a wave of two consecutive wins, stabilizing the third position, so that they can fully impact Real Madrid, the second team that successfully defended the Champions League.
Chelsea launched a fierce attack after the opening, and in the 3rd minute Azpilicueta made a precise pass on the edge of the penalty area on the right side, and Havertz's ultra-close block from the front point was kicked away. Three minutes later, Havertz returned, this time on the right side of the penalty area, swinging open the two-man bag and firing from close range, with goalkeeper Yadim struggling to save the ball. The subsequent corner kick on the left, Havertz, who missed two chances, still completed the opening blitz, Ziyech sent the ball to the front point, Havertz jumped high and hammered the goal, the ball hit the ground and bounced into the net, Chelsea made a fantastic start 1:0.
Chelsea was a bit steady after the goal, Lille began to suppress Chelsea on the offensive, and in the 11th minute, Rudiger almost broke the goal, and the ball almost rubbed the top net out of the bottom line. In the 22nd minute, Lille's long pass from the back almost caused a one-handed opportunity, and goalkeeper Mendy struck out in time to defuse the situation. In the second half of the first half, Lille suppressed Chelsea and created some opportunities, but they failed to seize the opportunity to score, and Chelsea led by one goal at halftime.
In the 54th minute, N'Golo Kante broke through the bottom cross from the right and Alonso's close-range volley from the back was blocked by Celik. Three minutes later, Chelsea counter-attacked again, with Havertz breaking the ball in midfield and running all the way into the left side of the penalty area to shoot from a tight angle, the ball slightly above the crossbar. In the 62nd minute, Chelsea counterattacked quickly, Kante also ran all the way forward after breaking the ball at the back, and before reaching the top of the penalty area, Kante sent a subtle straight plug, Pulisic followed up and crossed the returning defender to push the far corner with a single knife, chelsea extended the lead 2:0.
After a two-goal lead, Chelsea held firm, hardly giving Lille any chance, and finally won 2-0 at home to the Ligue 1 title, taking advantage of the promotion opportunity and continuing to "Real Madrid No. 2" (successfully defending the title). Chelsea really won 2:0 at home, the hottest person after the game is not Havts, who performed well in this game, but the pre-match prediction of England star Irving, Irving predicted the outcome of today's two Champions League matches, Chelsea 2:0 Lille, Villarreal 1:1 Juve, and then the result is not bad all guessed, Irving's prediction this time is the real God.